Discovery Box| (0.48) | Jer 51:9 |
| Foreigners living there will say, 1 ‘We tried to heal her, but she could not be healed. Let’s leave Babylonia 2 and each go back to his own country. For judgment on her will be vast in its proportions. It will be like it is piled up to heaven, stacked up into the clouds.’ 3 |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:17 |
| All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols. |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:19 |
| The Lord, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. 1 He is known as the Lord who rules over all. 2 |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:26 |
| No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever,” 1 says the Lord. 2 |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:29 |
| The earth will tremble and writhe in agony. 1 For the Lord will carry out his plan. He plans to make the land of Babylonia 2 a wasteland where no one lives. 3 |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:31 |
| One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon. One messenger after another will come bringing news. 1 They will bring news to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured. 2 |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:33 |
| For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘Fair Babylon 1 will be like a threshing floor which has been trampled flat for harvest. The time for her to be cut down and harvested will come very soon.’ 2 |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:48 |
| Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will sing for joy over Babylon. For destroyers from the north will attack it,” says the Lord. 1 |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:53 |
| Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky 1 and fortifies her elevated stronghold, 2 I will send destroyers against her,” 3 says the Lord. 4 |
| (0.48) | Jer 51:55 |
| For the Lord is ready to destroy Babylon, and put an end to her loud noise. Their waves 1 will roar like turbulent 2 waters. They will make a deafening noise. 3 |
| (0.48) | Jer 52:3 |
| What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger when he drove them out of his sight. 1 Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:5 |
| ה (He) Her foes subjugated her; 1 her enemies are at ease. 2 For the Lord afflicted her because of her many acts of rebellion. 3 Her children went away captive 4 before the enemy. |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:8 |
| ח (Khet) Jerusalem committed terrible sin; 1 therefore she became an object of scorn. 2 All who admired 3 her have despised her 4 because they have seen her nakedness. 5 She groans aloud 6 and turns away in shame. 7 |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:9 |
| ט (Tet) Her menstrual flow 1 has soiled 2 her clothing; 3 she did not consider 4 the consequences of her sin. 5 Her demise 6 was astonishing, 7 and there was no one to comfort her. She cried, “Look, 8 O Lord, on my 9 affliction because my |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:10 |
| י (Yod) An enemy grabbed 1 all her valuables. 2 Indeed she watched in horror 3 as Gentiles 4 invaded her holy temple 5 – those whom you 6 had commanded: “They must not enter 7 your assembly place.” 8 |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:11 |
| כ (Kaf) All her people groaned as they searched for a morsel of bread. 1 They exchanged 2 their valuables 3 for 4 just enough food to stay alive. 5 “Look, O Lord! Consider 6 that I have become worthless!” |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:18 |
| צ (Tsade) The Lord is right to judge me! 1 Yes, I rebelled against his commands. 2 Please listen, all you nations, 3 and look at my suffering! My young women and men have gone into exile. |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:19 |
| ק (Qof) I called for my lovers, 1 but they had deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city. Truly they had 2 searched for food to 3 keep themselves 4 alive. 5 |
| (0.48) | Lam 1:22 |
| ת (Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict 1 them just as you have afflicted 2 me 3 because of all my acts of rebellion. 4 For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow. 5 |
| (0.48) | Lam 4:3 |
| ג (Gimel) Even the jackals 1 nurse their young at their breast, 2 but my people 3 are cruel, like ostriches 4 in the desert. |
